Li Tingzhi and Lu Xiufu visited the largest cotton mill in Qingdao and were psychologically shocked.

In each workshop, hundreds of looms are "clicking" and "clicking", and dozens of Goryeo or Japanese women in dark blue overalls are patrolling back and forth.

Li Tingzhi looked up and saw that the large iron pillar with the thickness of a beam on the wall of the workshop was constantly rotating, and it drove hundreds of thick belts to rotate as well...... Just transfer that power to the looms below and drive them to weave.

Lu Xiufu shouted at Li Tingzhi: "This is the power of the steam engine!" ”

The noise in the workshop is huge, and Li Tingzhi, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is watching around very leisurely here, only some noisy sounds, what's there to be afraid of?!

He heard Lu Xiufu's shouting.

Yes, it is far faster than the water-powered cotton mill run by his own family, so it's no wonder that the price of cotton yarn and cotton cloth is falling day by day!

When they got out of the workshop, there were still "clicks" and "clicks" in their heads.

Li Tingzhi was silent for a long time and said: "If this goes on for a long time, all the cotton in my Xuzhou area can only be sold to them...... If there is cotton cloth cheaper than linen cloth on that day, I would rather my family's cotton mill go out of business, and I will teach this Great Song Dynasty that no one will have no cotton cloth to wear! ”

Lu Xiufu let out a long breath, of course, he could also see that in the next few years, such cotton mills would be like water-powered and animal-powered looms eliminating man-powered looms, making their water-powered cotton mills almost unprofitable.

But ah, at that time, everyone in the Song Dynasty will be able to afford to wear strong and comfortable cotton clothes!

The two of them were shocked by the productive power of the cotton mill and moved by their own hearts for the world.

The young man who accompanied them on the tour personally sent them out of the cotton mill, not caring that they did not pay the booking fee for the order right away.

Buying and selling is not benevolent, and this time and space is really doing business like this...... No one is eager to make a deal, and it's not that they don't believe that the future will still be good.

As long as the laws of the Federal Empire are obeyed, nothing will change.

It is true that most things in the world are constantly moving and developing, but there are always some things that are constant...... What is unchanged, then everyone will have their own understanding.

But at the national level, even King Zhang Anguo himself firmly believes that the four words "the king is under the law" will not change......

The two people sighed as they left the industrial area and went directly to the so-called business district.

Between the commercial and industrial areas is a so-called park, a garden for the public...... There are large meadows and patchwork of trees, and a small stream meanders through them.

Li Tingzhi saw more than a dozen teenagers running around on the grass and kicking the ball, shouting wildly one by one.

Lu Xiufu took out the twelve-hour large pocket watch in his arms and looked at it, it was two o'clock in the afternoon.

Lu Xiufu shouted: "It's a good time for teenagers, don't live up to it...... I have to go down and persuade them to go back and read the words of the saints! ”

He stopped the four-wheeled carriage, and then Shi Shiran walked towards the group of teenagers.

Li Tingzhi saw that he was saying something to the group of teenagers, and the group of teenagers were also saying something to him...... Then Lu Xiufu walked back unhappily.

After Lu Xiufu got into the four-wheeled carriage, he said: "Liuqiu people are really good at making trouble...... Their children can still earn money when they go to school...... The teenagers studied at a school run by a Keju team, learning Liuqiu education in the morning and training Keju techniques in the afternoon...... All the expenses are borne by the Keju team, and they are also paid pocket money......"

Ah, they can attract the Keju team to run a school, and they can also use their pocket money to attract students to study!

Li Tingzhi pondered for a while and said: "I also heard that various industrial guilds in the industrial zone have also set up schools to attract children from poor families to study, and they also use the method of managing food and housing to give pocket money...... The school is supposed to select the best to teach, and the one that seeks people is to make it teachable to anyone...... I really don't know if it's right or wrong......"

Lu Xiufu shouted: "Utilitarian, utilitarian! Their so-called education is for a certain purpose! I think sooner or later they will be in chaos!! ”

Well, the world may be in chaos in the future...... But I really can't see it now.

They were not interested in all kinds of shops, large and small, but they were still infected by the joy of the people who came and went.

Those who carried the newly bought goods were happily walking home.

Men and women happily bargaining.

Three beautiful female mounted policemen were walking leisurely down the street on three horses.

Well, the two of them also went into a coffee shop and asked for two large cups of coffee, and when they drank it, they found that it was not the same as what was sold in Xuzhou City.

There seems to be a strong frankincense in the coffee, and it is exceptionally sweet.

They called the waiter and asked directly...... Fang Zhi added Australian milk powder in addition to sugar.

The begging people can turn cow and goat milk into milk powder!

They asked the waiter to bring the so-called milk powder to look at it again...... As a result, the waiter brought two tinned tin buckets with paper labels on them.

The two of them took out their glasses and put them on, and looked at the small print on them.

It turns out that this is really a milk powder made of fresh milk, and it is very beneficial to the bodies of children and the elderly after drinking it with hot water!

Li Tingzhi thought about it, there are many elderly people and children in the family, so you can buy some.

Lu Xiufu is very interested in the price of the two milk powders.

Locally produced milk powder is even more expensive than Australian milk powder thousands of miles away!

The waiter said directly: "There is almost no cost to ship by sea...... Australia is an outer-like place, where production costs may be lower...... I heard that the cattle, sheep and horses there are dozens of times the population! ”

Cattle, sheep and horses are dozens of times the number of people!

Li Tingzhi and Lu Xiufu were in a trance at the same time, how many big animals are this...... It's no wonder that the big livestock is getting cheaper and cheaper, and the average farmer can have it.

Not to mention the fact that four-wheeled carriages in the city can become popular.

Li Tingzhi said very longingly: "If everything said in "Primary School Geography" is true, there are too many pastures in the world that can graze cattle, sheep and horses...... It only takes a while to get there on a galleon. ”

Lu Xiufu looked around, no one paid attention to them at all, so he said: "I heard that the Lu family has purchased more than one million acres of pasture in Australia, and the family has tens of thousands of horses...... Don't they know that they will be jealous?! ”

Li Tingzhi hated the family who made him lie down in his heart, and said hatefully: "Those who are insatiable will be punished by heaven!" ”

However, they can only scold now, and there is no other way to punish the Lu family.

The two went to buy milk powder together, but it was out of stock for the time being, and the owner of the shop said that the next batch of Australian milk powder would arrive in about five days...... Local milk powder has been booked until next month.

Well, it's no wonder that no milk powder has been seen in Xuzhou City.

After paying a deposit, they left the so-called business district...... I went straight to Dengzhou Military Port.

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